Valentine's Day is coming up this Friday. Due to consumerism and pressure to buy stuff on every holiday possible, Valentine's Day seems to have lost its meaning. Valentine's Day should be about celebrating love. And I'm not talking about love just for your partner, but love for your family, friends, pets... you get the idea. Let's try something different this Valentine's Day. … [Read more...]
Open to Possibilities
Most people will agree that the best dances happen when both the leader and follower are both leading and following each other. In other words, Tango is a conversation in which both partners contribute to the dance. There is something magical that happens when the music flows into our bodies and is expressed as a dance via a shared connection between two people. This is why … [Read more...]
The Tradition Continues at Nora’s Tango Weekend
Stanford Tango Week, later to become Nora’s Tango week, is believed to be the first Argentine Tango Festival in the United States. Nora, along with her late-husband Raul Dinzelbacher, were the first Argentine Tango instructors at Stanford Tango week in 1991. Nora was involved with Stanford's yearly Tango festival until 1997, when the Stanford Dance Department decided … [Read more...]
Dancing Tango in Public Spaces
There is something exciting about dancing Tango in cultural spaces around San Francisco, especially with an appreciative audience of bystanders. Terence Clarke and Beatrice Bowles of TangoCalifia have been bringing Tango out of the dark milongas and into beautiful (gasp) public spaces around San Francisco since 2007. These free public Milongas have been held at various civic … [Read more...]
Milonga Spotlight: The Verdi Club Milonga
The Charming Verdi Club Milonga. The Verdi Club still depicts its original 1930’s charm and on a Thursday evening it will have you feeling as if you returned to Tango’s Golden Age. Ladies are wearing their fanciest dresses and sparkling heels and the men are handsome in suits and jackets. Chandeliers loom over the large wood ballroom as nicely decorated tables surround the … [Read more...]